The Rise and Fall of Corporate Social Responsibility

The Rise and Fall of Corporate Social Responsibility
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 395
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ISBN-10 : 9781351615006
ISBN-13 : 1351615009
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Download or read book The Rise and Fall of Corporate Social Responsibility written by Douglas M. Eichar and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corporate social responsibility was one of the most consequential business trends of the twentieth century. Having spent decades burnishing reputations as both great places to work and generous philanthropists, large corporations suddenly abandoned their commitment to their communities and employees during the 1980s and 1990s, indicated by declining job security, health insurance, and corporate giving. Douglas M. Eichar argues that for most of the twentieth century, the benevolence of large corporations functioned to stave off government regulations and unions, as corporations voluntarily adopted more progressive workplace practices or made philanthropic contributions. Eichar contends that as governmental and union threats to managerial prerogatives withered toward the century's end, so did corporate social responsibility. Today, with shareholder value as their beacon, large corporations have shred their social contract with their employees, decimated unions, avoided taxes, and engaged in all manner of risky practices and corrupt politics. This book is the first to cover the entire history of twentieth-century corporate social responsibility. It provides a valuable perspective from which to revisit the debate concerning the public purpose of large corporations. It also offers new ideas that may transform the public debate about regulating larger corporations.


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